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28048 to 28058— Continued. 



28052. Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W.F.Wight. Adzuki bean. 



"Red bean. Chinese name, Hungchiangtou. Commonly grown in central 

 Manchuria for human food. This seed sample comes from Mukden, Manchuria, 

 42° north latitude. The beans are sometimes cooked green, but more commonly 

 dried and boiled with millet or kowliang." 



28053. Phaseolus radiatus L. 



"Small green bean. Chinese name Lutou. Commonly grown in central 

 Manchuria for human food. This sample comes from Mukden, Manchuria, 42° 

 north latitude. These beans are usually cooked with millet or kowliang for food. 

 They are also ground into meal and the meal mixed with kowliang meal in the 

 production of vermicelli." 



28054. Cannabis sativa L. Hemp. 



"Chinese name Hoivma. Grown in large quantities in Manchuria for the 

 production of fiber. This sample comes from Mukden, Manchuria, 42° north 

 latitude." 



28055. Fagopyrum vulgare Hill. Buckwheat. 



"Chinese name Chiaomai. Common throughout all Manchuria, where it is 

 sown in the latter part of June, or the first part of July, following barley or wheat. 

 This sample comes from Mukden, Manchuria, 42° north latitude. Manchurian 

 buckwheat, as a rule, appears to have larger and heavier kernels than varieties 

 common in America." 



28056. Oryza sativa L. Rice. 



"Upland rice. Chinese name Tschingtze. Common in north central Man- 

 churia. This sample comes from Mukden, Manchuria, 42° north latitude." 



28057 and 28058. Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. Kowliang. 



28057. "High stalk, spreading panicle. Chinese name Sungma Kao- 

 liang. This plant is the chief and characteristic crop of Manchuria. 

 Its seeds are the every day food of most of the common people, as well 

 as the chief food of the farm animals. The leaves are stripped off the 

 plant for live-stock food, and the stalks are burned to boil the water and 

 heat the mud houses for all Manchuria. This sample of seed comes 

 from Mukden, Manchuria, 42° north latitude, and is of a tall-growing 

 variety with open or spreading panicle. This tall kowliang thrives 

 best in latitude 38° to 42° north, maturing usually in October and 

 requiring a late autumn to ripen properly. It will withstand drought, 

 hot, drying winds, and an excess of moisture better than maize. The 

 stalks are fibrous and rigid and do not lodge under stress as easily as 



maize." 



: Seeds large, yellowish brown; glumes, light brown; contains a 

 slight mixture of a black-glume variety." (Carleton R. Ball.) 



28058. "Short stalk, compact panicle. Chinese name Chinma Kao- 

 liang. This species matures somewhat earlier than the tall variety 

 (S. P. I. No. 28057) and is grown commonly in Manchuria north of 42° 

 north latitude. This sample comes from Mukden, Manchuria. Usage 

 same as No. 28057." 



"Seeds large, pale brown to reddish brown; glumes black and 

 shining." (Carleton It. Ball.) 

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